Dispensing device



E. AND G. KENT.

DISPENSING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. 1921.

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Patented July 11,1922.

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DISPENSING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 111, 1922.

Application filed May 3, 1921. Serial No. 466,472.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EARL KENT and GLENN KENT, both citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Tacoma, in the county of Pierce andState of Washington, have invented a new and Improved 'DispensingDevice, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to a dispensing device, and aims to provide anelement of this character more particularly adapted for use inconnection with the formation of what is commonly known as an ice creambrick.

It is well appreciated that difliculty has been experienced in makingice cream bricks comprising a pluralitylof layers of different flavoredice cream. ore particularly this dificulty is to be predicated to thetime necessary in the making of one of these bricks, and in properlycontrolling the thickness of the various layers.

Also the mechanism utilized for accomplishing this purpose has been moreor less complicated, and consequently expensive, aside from the factthat a further difficulty has also arisen in connection with itsutilization.

With this in mind, we have constructed a dispensing device, which mayreadily be operated, and which will be extremely simple in construction,and readily capable of association with various sizes of freezer cans,and permit of absolute control of the thickness of layers, forming acomplete brick being effected.

Still another object of our invention is the construction of adispensing device of the character stated which may readily be handled,for the purpose of application in all adaptations, and also permittingof its thorough cleansing when this is desired.

Further objects of our invention will appear in the annexedspecification, taken in connection with the drawings, which latterpresent one practical embodiment thereof, and in which;

Figure 1 is a sectional front view taken along the line 1-1 and in the'dlI'GCtlOIl of the arrow in Figure 2. I

Figure 2 is a partly fragmentary side view of the device and showing thesame in use.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line la- 4 of Figure 1, and

ous types of freezer cans 6, by any suitable plan View of the means suchas a hook 7 which may engage the flange of the can 6.

It will also be noted that a pair of handles 8 are secured to the outerface of the funnel 5 by any suitable means such as ears 9, and thesehandles extend at diametrically o posite points from the outer face of te handle and are preferably hollow for a purpose hereinafter more fullyspecified.

The lower end of the dispensing device includes a nozzle 10, into whichthe funnel 5 merges, and a suitable controlling element such as agatevalve 11 is associated with the outermost end of the nozzle 10 andserves to control the flow of material from this nozzle, it being notedthat the movement of the valve is effected by means of a lever 12conveniently secured to the nozzle 10 as at 13, and spring pressed as at14 to normally close the valve.

In use, we preferably apply the funnel end 5 of the dispensing device,to the can 6, subsequent to the removal of the latters cap. The entireunit thus presented is then inverted and may be supported manually although we preferably utilize a pair of bolts 15 driven into a supportingsurface in such a manner as to permit of their extending, one througheach of the hollow handles 8.

It will be obvious in any event, irrespective of the method ofsupporting that an operator will be enabled to effect an actuation ofthe device by rocking the outer end of the lever 12, which preferablylies in proximity to one of the handles 8, and this rocking will resultin an opening of the valve 11 and permit of the material flowing fromthe nozzle 10 into a suitable mold. It will readily be appreciated innormal operation, that the inner faces of the spout 10 would quicklyhave'the temperature lowered to a point at which the material wouldcling to the same, and with a view of overcoming this difficulty it willbe seen that we may provide a jacket 16 which encircles the outer faceof said spout, and, an inlet and discharge pipe 17 and 18 respectivelypermits of a circulation of a heating medium through this jacket to warmthe spout it) thus obviously permitting of the free flow of materialtherethrough.

In lieu of this type of heating element we may also utilize, as has beenindicated in dotted lines in Figure i, an electrical resistance element19, and this will obviously effect the result desired, and in someinstances, in a more satisfactory manner than would be provided by thecirculation of a heating fluid.

Thus it will be seen that we have provided a dispensing device primarilyfor use in the adaptation set forth in the preamble of thisspecification, but not necessarily limited to this particularassociation, by means of which an extremely simple form of construetionis provided permitting of the ready manipulation of the device, as wellas ositive performance of the functions for winch it is intended.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resortedto without in the least departing from the spirit of our invention,which we claim as;

1. A dispensing device including a funnel, handles secured to saidfunnel and extend ing transversely thereto, said handles being hollowand presenting open ends.

2. A dispensing device, including a nozzle, a funnel merging into theupper end of said nozzle, a heating jacket enclosing said nozzle, a gatevalve, a lever pivotally secured to said nozzle and having one of itsends attached to said valve, handles secured at diametrically oppositepoints to the outer face of said funnel, said lever having one of itsends extending to a point in proximity to one of said handles.

EARL KENT. GLENN KENT.

